RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P20

Classification

1000

Street

8911 LEFFERTS BLVD

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Mission and programs · 2024

• TODAY RIVER FUND STANDS AS A FRONTLINE POVERTY CENTER IN OUR RESPONSE TO THE DEVASTATION OF THOSE LIVING ON THE LINES OF POVERTY. FULFILLING ITS GOAL TO BE A RESOURCE TO THOSE AT-RISK, OVER THE PAST THREE PLUS DECADES THE RIVER FUND HAS GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF EMERGENCY FOOD IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, DELIVERING WELL OVER 1 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS, INCLUDING CLOTHING, SHOES, PET FOOD, AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO THE COMMUNITY EACH MONTH THROUGH ITS EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAMS.THE PROVISION OF NUTRITIOUS, CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE WEEKLY GROCERIES VIA A WALK-THROUGH, CLIENT CHOICE PANTRY AT THE ORGANIZATION'S HEADQUARTERS IN RICHMOND HILL, QUEENS. OPERATING FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, THIS PANTRY CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTES FOOD TWO DAYS EACH WEEK, WEDNESDAY, DEDICATED TO SENIORS AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, AND SATURDAY, TO OVER 3,000 FAMILIES. EVERY WEEK, RIVER FUND PROVIDES GROCERIES AND ESSENTIALS TO A DIVERSE POPULATION OF FOOD, INSECURE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. IT ALSO OPERATES AN ARRAY OF EMERGENCY FOOD EFFORTS EXTENDING WELL BEYOND ITS HOME BASE. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE VERY FIRST MOBILE PANTRY IN THE COUNTRY, SERVING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LIMITED EMERGENCY FOOD INFRASTRUCTURE; THE HUB & SPOKE PROGRAM, DELIVERING FOOD TO LOCAL COMMUNITY PANTRIES IN QUEENS AND BROOKLYN; AND THE HOMEBOUND INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM, SUPPORTING ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH BI-WEEKLY DELIVERIES OF GROCERIES AND OTHER ESSENTIALS. RIVER FUND IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT MORE THAN A THIRD OF ALL THE FOOD IT PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY WILL BE IN THE FORM OF FRESH PRODUCE.

  Expenses $9,321,039 · Grants $8,740,144

• THE RIVER FUND, BENEFITS ACCESS CENTER IN HELPING FAMILIES IN DISTRESS MEET THEIR NEEDS. SERVING ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED FAMILIES ANNUALLY, RIVER FUND'S BENEFITS ACCESS CENTER PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH A PROACTIVE, FLEXIBLE, AND SENSITIVE APPROACH DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY NEEDS BEYOND THOSE BEING EXPRESSED. THE GOAL IS TO PROMOTE EVERY FAMILY'S CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ITS IMMEDIATE AND LONGER-TERM NEEDS, AS WELL AS TO TAKE STEPS TO AMELIORATE THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC POVERTY.BENEFITS ACCESS AGENTS HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED CONSUMER ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING COUNSELING, HELP WITH INSURANCE ENROLLMENT, ADVOCACY WITH ACCESSING SERVICES AND ADVICE. THROUGH ITS DETAILED CLIENT-INTAKE PROCESS AND THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, STAFF CAN REFER CLIENTS TO MORE THAN 40 SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS RANGING FROM SNAP, IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE, HEALTHCARE ASSISTANCE, AND MUCH MORE.FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, RIVER FUND HAS PROMOTED ITS "FAMILY-BY-FAMILY" APPROACH TO BENEFITS ACCESS IN THE BELIEF THAT IT CAN SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT OF QUALIFIED LOW-INCOME ADULTS, UNEMPLOYED, SENIORS, AND IMMIGRANTS. TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE, BEYOND THE MERE ACT OF OUTREACH, EASILY ACCESSIBLE ASSISTANCE IS ESSENTIAL FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNAWARE OF, OR PUZZLED ABOUT, THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

  Expenses $405,176 · Grants $5,245

• COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND SUCCESS ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN URBAN SCHOOL SYSTEMS. FOR NEW YORK CITY TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL AND LASTING PROGRESS IN REDUCING INEQUALITY AND EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, GRASSROOTS EFFORTS FROM AGENCIES LIKE RIVER FUND ARE NEEDED TO INCREASE BOTH ATTENDANCE AND SUCCESS IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. RIVER FUND FIRST BEGAN ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE CREATION OF THE MARY C. TIEDEMANN SCHOLARSHIP FUND, WHICH OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS GROWN AND EVOLVED INTO A BROAD ARRAY OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE BANNER OF CRADLE-TO-COLLEGE.CRADLE-TO-COLLEGE GREW OUT OF RIVER FUND'S "RIVER TO SUCCESS" INITIATIVE, A UNIQUE EFFORT SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN THE HOME THROUGH THE ANNUAL PROVISION OF THINGS THAT MIGHT SEEM MINOR IN MORE PROSPEROUS HOUSEHOLDS, LIKE COMPLETE SETS OF GRADE-APPROPRIATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BACKPACKS; REGULAR PURCHASES OF NEW SHOES; AND SLEEPAWAY CAMP DURING THE SUMMER. IN FACT, THESE EFFORTS BEGIN EVEN BEFORE CHILDREN ARE BORN, WITH RIVER FUND'S BABY SHOWER PROGRAM SUPPORTING NEW MOTHERS WITH EVERYTHING FROM WORKSHOPS IN LACTATION AND PARENTING TO PRENATAL VITAMINS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THEM WITH POSTNATAL ESSENTIALS SUCH AS STROLLERS, CAR SEATS, BASSINETS, DIAPERS AND MUCH MORE.IN TURN, "RIVER TO SUCCESS" FEEDS YOUTH INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS PROGRAM, WHICH BEGINS DEVELOPING IMPORTANT SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT WHEN YOUTHS ARE IN JUNIOR HIGH BY OFFERING COUNSELING, TUTORING, AND A COMPUTER LAB, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEER WORK AND INTERNSHIPS. AS STUDENTS MOVE ON TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, INVITEES TO THE MARY C. TIEDEMANN SCHOLARSHIP MAY ENROLL IN TWO- OR FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS ACCREDITED TRADE SCHOOLS. THE GOAL OF OUR CRADLE-TO-COLLEGE PROGRAM IS TO CREATE AN ACHIEVABLE PATH TOWARD COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL FOR ANYONE WILLING TO WORK FOR IT.

  Expenses $238,688 · Grants $101,117

• Expenses $418,555

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

• ELIZABETH M STEEL

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• TIMOTHY REILLY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• HAROLD FORD JR

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DANIELLE BERNSTEIN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• RICCARDO BENEDETTI

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ADAM DONEGER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JUSTIN GOLDEN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• STEVEN PETERSEN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• PATRICK L DALY

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DOUGLAS M WURTZ

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ROBERT S POTTS

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHAEL TIEDEMANN

  CHAIRMAN

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MELISSA WOOD-TEPPERBERG

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SWAMI DURGA DAS

  CEO

  Total calculated

  $100,487

  From this org

  $96,750

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $3,737

  Hours/week

  60 + 2 related

• MAIA JAMES

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MEGAN WALSH SHAOUL

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• SARA SILVERSTEIN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• NANCY B NEARMAN

  CFO

  Total calculated

  $48,000

  From this org

  $48,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  8

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $11,386,005

  Expenses

  $10,890,588

  Contributions

  $11,437,225

  Grants paid

  $8,846,506

• 2023

  Revenue

  $12,060,523

  Expenses

  $9,905,049

  Contributions

  $12,147,740

  Grants paid

  $8,036,566

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,922,206

  Expenses

  $8,164,943

  Contributions

  $8,040,475

  Grants paid

  $6,350,831

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,106,932

  Expenses

  $8,139,909

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,726,214

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,574,228

  Expenses

  $14,843,879

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,085,859

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,225,566

  Expenses

  $5,732,479

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,700,572

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,039,166

  Expenses

  $5,853,689

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,914,989

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,143,730

  Expenses

  $5,430,612

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,773,560

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,349,894

  Expenses

  $5,620,447

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,073,984

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,715,669

  Expenses

  $4,717,809

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,162,096

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,840,065

  Expenses

  $4,218,998

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,868,145

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,806,670

  Expenses

  $4,572,422

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,099,001

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,902,420

  Assets (EOY)

  $883,281

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY

  $848,744

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION

  $640,000

  2023 · POVERTY RELIEF

• ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2024 · POVERTY RELIEF

• ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2022 · POVERTY RELIEF

• AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN INC

  $240,000

  2023 · COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $103,600

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $102,860

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY

  $98,002

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• COREGIVING CO

  $92,536

  2022 · Fighting hunger in the U.S.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $90,072

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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